Xfat Today s Headlines 8211; April 23, 2012
State Highlights: California Leads The Way In Lowering Maternal Mortality Rates; New Hampshire Gets $1.85M To Improve Dental Health ProgramMedia outlets report on news from California, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Florida and Texas.Stateline:More U.S. Women Keep Dying From Childbirth. Except In This State聽Over the past three decades, the world has seen a steady decline in the number of women dying from childbirth. Theres been a notable outlier: the United States. Here the maternal mortality rate has been climbing, putting the United States in the unenviable company of Afghanistan, Lesotho and Swaziland as countries with rising rates. But that trend has been reversed in dramatic fashion in one state: California. The state Department of Public Health calculates that between 2006 and 2013, California lower
yeti coolers ed its maternal mortality rate by 55 percent from 16.9 to 7.3 deaths for every 100,000 live births, which translates to saving about one life in every 10,000 live births. Ollove, 10/23 New Hampshire Public Radio:N.H. Gets $1.85 Million Grant Aimed At Dental HealthThe Department of Health and Human Services says it will receive a $1.85 millio
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hydro flask cup the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will allow the state s oral health program to continue its school-based approach.That means bringing dental hygienists directly to kids at their school, says Oral Health Program director Hope Saltmarsh. Garrova, 10/22 The A Idws Study Suggests Best Way To Stop A Baby s Cries
Female Condoms Promoted Through Beauty Salon Initiative in MalawiThe United Nations Population Fund and Population Services International have introduced a program to distribute female condoms in Malawian beauty salons
adidas originals ultraboost in an effort to encourage their use and curb the spread of HIV, VOA News reports. Pamela Msukwa, family planning and HIV technical coordinator for PSI/Malawi, said hair salons were chosen for the program because they provide a very viable and highly targeted market due to their popularity with women in Malawi. She added, That s where they get to talk about issues, and there is always somebody they can discuss issues with. A team of women associated with the organization promote and distribute the condoms, and salon staff members are trained on how to talk about t
adidas campus 00s he products with their customers.Although condom use and other methods of preventing pregnancy and the spread of sexually transmitted infections have been considered the domain of males, the beauty salon initiative is attempting to change the situation, VOA News reports. A pilot project eight years ago to encourage female condom use failed in part because of a lack of information about the condoms and stigma associated with their use, according to VOA News. Msukwa said the main goal of the program is to reduce the rate of new HIV cases and unplanned pregnanci
owala es and increase the adoption of safer-sex behavior through increased and consistent use of the female condom. She added that the succe
